Soil Nitrogen Isotope Composition

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-98

  Dave Evans, R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical transformation; Humification; Mineralization; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; HUMIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL NITROGEN;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 84889300035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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